After Falling in Love with the Scum Alpha’s Beautiful Original Wife at First Sight - Chapter 15

After parting with Cui Can, Xu Qingzhi returned home.

Those words had no small impact on Xu Qingzhi.

In truth, what Cui Can said was not wrong.

Xu Qingzhi envied her colleague, Teacher Meng, for being picked up and dropped off by the person she loved every day, and for having someone remember the things she liked to eat.

Xu Qingzhi also envied the student she had seen during morning reading inspection that day. Giving someone a cup of hot water did not mean they were dating; Xu Qingzhi simply envied that student for being noticed and cared about.

Thinking about it now, the words she had used to advise her colleague to break up with that scummy Alpha were truly ironic. She could speak so clearly and logically about other people’s affairs, yet her own marriage was a complete mess.

When she got home, Xu Qingzhi glanced at the time. Usually, at this hour, she should have been preparing dinner.

But today, for the first time ever, she did not want to step into the kitchen.

She suddenly wanted to know what kind of reaction Shen Baiyi would have if she came home later and saw that Xu Qingzhi had not made dinner tonight.

When Shen Baiyi returned home, it was seven-thirty. When she walked in, for once, she did not smell food.

She could not help feeling a little surprised. She first went to the kitchen and looked around, but did not see Xu Qingzhi there. Just as she wondered whether Xu Qingzhi had gone out and had not returned, she walked around the house and discovered that Xu Qingzhi was actually reading in the study.

Shen Baiyi held the study door. “Qingzhi, you didn’t cook today?”

Only when Xu Qingzhi heard her voice did she raise her head. She glanced at the clock on the wall, and a trace of surprise flashed across her face. “I was too absorbed in reading and forgot to pay attention to the time.”

That was what she said. Sitting in the chair, she was just about to stand when her body suddenly fell heavily back down.

Xu Qingzhi frowned and touched the back of her neck.

Seeing this, Shen Baiyi hurriedly asked, “What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”

Xu Qingzhi answered in a low voice, “…My gland suddenly feels a little hot. It seems like…”

She did not say the last three words, but how could Shen Baiyi not know?

It was an Omega’s monthly heat period.

Looking at Xu Qingzhi, who seemed a little uncomfortable as she leaned over the desk, a troublesome expression quickly flashed across Shen Baiyi’s face. “There should still be suppressants at home, right?”

“They’re on the desk in my room.”

“Wait. I’ll go get them for you.”

Shen Baiyi found the oral suppressants Xu Qingzhi often took on the desk in the master bedroom and also brought her a glass of water.

Xu Qingzhi took two sips of water first, then said to Shen Baiyi with some guilt, “I’m afraid I’ll have to go back to my room and rest for a while first. Why don’t you eat something by yourself?”

Shen Baiyi thought for a moment. “I’ll order takeout in a bit. How about I order you some porridge too? If you don’t eat anything, your body will feel uncomfortable.”

Xu Qingzhi answered dully, “Okay.”

After Shen Baiyi walked out, Xu Qingzhi reached back and put the small bottle of oral suppressants back into her pocket, then slowly finished drinking the water.

In truth, her heat period was not these next few days.

Shen Baiyi had been going on business trips every few days before. How could she possibly remember exactly when Xu Qingzhi’s heat period was?

Xu Qingzhi returned to her room and lay down on the bed. About an hour later, Shen Baiyi came to knock on her door.

“Qingzhi, get up and have some porridge.”

Xu Qingzhi answered, got up, and left the room.

At the dining table, Shen Baiyi was opening the takeout packaging. She had ordered herself a serving of sushi.

Seeing Xu Qingzhi come out, she quickly brought a bowl of porridge in front of her. “Qingzhi, you probably haven’t tried their porridge before, right? This is from a new shop at Shenglong Plaza. I went there once, and it tasted really good. This time, I ordered their signature porridge for you. Hurry and try it. It’s definitely delicious.”

“Is that so?”

A trace of anticipation rose in Xu Qingzhi. She tucked her hair behind her ear and, after sitting down, gently lifted the semi-transparent plastic lid from the top of the porridge bowl.

A fragrant aroma spread out. It was seafood porridge, and it was very generously filled: chopped greens, corn kernels, mushroom slices, and large shrimp. It looked extremely tempting and appetizing.

But Xu Qingzhi’s expression froze in an instant.

She had never liked savory porridge.

Shen Baiyi, sitting across from her, noticed nothing. Xu Qingzhi stirred the porridge, then tasted a spoonful. The fresh sweetness of the corn kernels and the salty fragrance of the mushroom slices interwove into rich layers of flavor.

It was delicious. No wonder it was the signature porridge.

But for the first time, Xu Qingzhi realized that not liking something meant not liking it. Even if this seafood porridge tasted delicious, she still did not like it.

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Wasting food was never good, so Xu Qingzhi still forced herself to finish that serving of seafood porridge.

While cleaning up the takeout boxes, Xu Qingzhi said to Shen Baiyi as if unintentionally, “The seafood porridge was quite good, but I realized that sweeter porridge might suit my taste better.”

Shen Baiyi gave an “mm.” “Then next time, I’ll bring you something sweet. Their sweet porridge seems to be quite popular too.”

Hearing this, and seeing that Shen Baiyi’s face showed not the slightest unhappiness, Xu Qingzhi’s mood instead improved.

Shen Baiyi did not know her preferences, and that was also because Xu Qingzhi had never told her.

As long as she was a little more honest and took the initiative to tell Shen Baiyi, perhaps Shen Baiyi would be able to remember.

After dinner, Xu Qingzhi remembered firmly that she was currently in her “heat period” and obediently returned to bed to lie down.

Shen Baiyi continued handling work in the study.

However, when it was almost midnight, Shen Baiyi quietly came out of the study and silently changed into her coat. She took the car keys hanging by the door, opened the front door, and left without looking back.

Shen Baiyi took the elevator all the way down to the underground parking garage. She drove the car out, and in the hazy night, the headlights shone far ahead, sweeping across the empty road.

The car eventually stopped at a certain place. It was the same club Shen Baiyi had visited before.

She usually came here only to find Jiang Yi, the woman she had fooled around with many times.

Jiang Yi was resting in the same room as last time. When Shen Baiyi entered, she was sleeping.

The lights in the room suddenly switched on. Jiang Yi was startled awake by the light and impatiently turned over and sat up. But when she saw that the person who had come in was actually Shen Baiyi, the anger and impatience on Jiang Yi’s face quickly receded like the tide.

Half surprised and half delighted, she said, “Sister Baiyi, why are you here at this hour?”

Shen Baiyi asked her instead, “Why are you sleeping so early today? Isn’t your schedule usually completely reversed?”

When Jiang Yi heard Shen Baiyi’s words, a trace of guilt flashed across her face. She hid it very well and acted as if nothing were wrong. “I was too tired today.”

Shen Baiyi took off her coat, and the pheromones on her body were released along with the movement.

Jiang Yi was startled and hurriedly wanted to stop Shen Baiyi from approaching, but Shen Baiyi still climbed onto the bed.

“Sister Baiyi, I’m really tired today…” Jiang Yi said pitifully, but Shen Baiyi paid no attention to that.

Her slender fingers brushed past Jiang Yi’s hair and accurately touched the gland at the back of her neck.

At that touch, Jiang Yi’s whole body suddenly trembled as if electricity had run through her. Shen Baiyi leaned close and breathed beside her ear. “It’s fine. I’ll be quick.”

What Jiang Yi did not know was that because Qi Yue was far too good at spending money, Shen Baiyi had not dared to frequently appear in front of Qi Yue recently to make her presence felt. On top of that, there was Xu Qingzhi, whom Shen Baiyi had to accompany and coax. After pretending for a while to be a considerate Alpha who cared for the family, she found it several times more mentally exhausting than when she had previously been moving between the two of them.

What kind of person was Shen Baiyi? She had good acting skills and a sweet mouth. Coaxing an Omega like Xu Qingzhi, whom she did not even like, was easy for her. It was just that she had no patience. Circling around Xu Qingzhi for a day or two was no problem, but the longer it went on, the more disgusted and bored she became.

Today, she had deliberately waited until nearly midnight. Estimating that Xu Qingzhi had already fallen asleep, she quietly left home to find Jiang Yi.

Shen Baiyi’s pheromones quickly wrapped around Jiang Yi’s entire body. Even though Jiang Yi had been unwilling at first, by now, she was already somewhat dazed and confused.

Everything that followed happened naturally, like water flowing with the current.